Moment cash point ram raiders smash into two police cars with stolen Land Rover during dramatic chase in snow

The gang had dragged an ATM containing around £100,000 from a Birmingham shop using stolen Land Rovers, and reversed into police vehicles as they tried to evade arrest.

A dashcam on the armed vehicles captured the chase and collisions in the snow on March 1.

Police are seen finding the abandoned cash machine in the road, before coming across the stolen cars.

The cops gave chase on the hazardous snow-covered roads as the group tried to get away.

The driver of one, Taron McAuley, 22, reversed a white stolen Land Rover into the cops, before driving into the side of another police car.




Eventually he hit a lamppost and ran off on foot, attempting to hide in the snow.

But as cops swarmed the icy area he was found and arrested.

The thieves had tied a strap around the free-standing cash machine and dragged it out of a One Mobile in Balsall Heath using the stolen cars.

Witnesses phoned 999 and officers arrived with minutes as the gang fled the scene.

The cash machine came loose and was left lying in the road as police gave chase.

McAuley, from Hall Green, pleaded guilty to burglary but pleaded not guilty to handling stolen goods and driving dangerously.

He was found guilty and sentenced to four years and eight months for all three offences at Birmingham Crown Court on Wednesday, September 19.

DC Louise Davies said: “McAuley was part of a gang who used stolen high-powered cars who went to great lengths to try and get away with the stolen cash machine.

"His actions were reckless and put many others in danger as the road conditions that evening were treacherous.

“In his desperation to get away from armed officers he caused over £20,000 worth of damage to two of our armed response vehicles."



 

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